Tag: Team GB

The next 18 months are important for any athlete with
aspirations of competing at the upcoming World Athletics Championships, and
next year’s Olympic Games beyond that.
But for St Mary’s University student and distance runner
Daniel Jarvis, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
The 23-year-old has just finished the penultimate year of
his Business Management degree and

When you enter a room with Grace Reid there is one thing you cannot fail to notice, her smile.
It is the look of an athlete who is truly at peace with her life both in and out of the pool and why shouldn’t she be?
2018 was a breakthrough

Feelings of awe, inspiration and, to some extent, disbelief are surely engrained within those closely associated with Naomi Ogbeta.
Indeed, following a mere 45 minute conversation
with her I was left puzzled; trying to fathom how on earth this young athlete
manages to combine the range of activities that consume her hectic timetable,
while

When the Rugby Football Union part-hosted the 1999 World Cup with Wales, Richard Prescott’s best memories weren’t with the England team.
“New Zealand were playing France and no one expected France to win. At half time half a dozen of the France players disappeared”, chuckled Richard. He continued:
“Two of us went

Sat opposite Lewis Hatchett in a coastal tearoom bustling with activity on a rare sun-drenched afternoon, it is difficult to fathom that the former Sussex seamer is anything but the archetypal fast bowler. Tall, broad shouldered with a confident stride, his retirement two summers ago at the age of just

Great Britain's national team are confident heading into the IIHF 2018 Ice Hockey World Championship Division 1A tournament this week in Budapest.
It wasn't 10 minutes into my conversation with head coach Pete Russell before he likened Team GB's chances of finishing top-two in the tournament with Leicester City's formidable and unlikely

On the eve of embarking on his Commonwealth Games debut, Team England diver Dan Goodfellow spoke to Sports Gazette about his experience at the Olympics in Brazil, and how he managed to succeed in the sport at such a young age.
Team England have a cherished history in diving at the

Captaining your country at a home games - it doesn’t get much better than that for an athlete.
In 2014, Scottish men’s hockey captain Chris Grassick did exactly that at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, an experience he still relishes to this day.
“It was really special,” he said. “It was a proud

The sterile smell of disinfectants was in the air and the massive, black treadmill stood out from the clean, white walls. Welsh Guards Captain Tom Evans was running on it – his face distorted with pain under a blue mask through which oxygen supply was being changed – mimicking the

Ahead of the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships in Milan, we spoke to three-time British national champion Phillip Harris about his rise to the pinnacle of the sport.
The 28-year-old Blackpool native was stranded in a London airport with an unexpected moment to reflect, eagerly waiting for details on his delayed